Police operation in which NSW man shot dead during psychotic episode was ‘flawed’, inquest finds

Todd McKenzie's death prompts calls from deputy coroner for summit into police responses to mental health incidents

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A New South Wales police operation that resulted in a man being shot dead by the force while suffering psychosis was significantly flawed", an inquest has found.

Todd McKenzie, 40, was suffering from a psychosis when he shot three times by police in his Taree home in 2019 following a nine-hour siege after police responded to reports he was on the street yelling and holding a knife.

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